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08-29-2017, 12:25 PM
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Guru
City: Lions Bay, BC
Vessel Name: Phoenix Hunter
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,775
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Whisky Golf.
We are heading back to Steveston. The live-fire torpedo range Whisky Golf is active today. Lotsa boats being warned! I'm looking across at a submarine at the surface with an attending helicopter overhead. The sub is outside the range. Strange. It's a first for us. A sub sighting that is.
Jim
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08-29-2017, 12:33 PM
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Guru
City: Lions Bay, BC
Vessel Name: Phoenix Hunter
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,775
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From the profile and the shape of the conning tower, it looks to be one of the RCN's Victoria-class subs.
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08-29-2017, 02:42 PM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,791
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Don't get too close to it, they spontaneously combust or just sink. You could get sucked down with it.
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08-29-2017, 06:12 PM
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Hospitality Officer
City: Pittwater
Vessel Name: Sarawana
Vessel Model: IG 36 Quad Cabin
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,870
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At first I thought this thread was yet another missive about Donald Trump, now I realise that the North Koreans have mistakenly invaded Canada, having got their GPS co-ordinates for California mixed up.
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08-29-2017, 11:03 PM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend, WA
Vessel Name: Traveler
Vessel Model: Cheoy Lee 46 LRC
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,478
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And I thought that would make watching golf much more interesting!
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08-30-2017, 02:30 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,650
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy G
At first I thought this thread was yet another missive about Donald Trump, now I realise that the North Koreans have mistakenly invaded Canada, having got their GPS co-ordinates for California mixed up.
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Nawww,
I t's those yanks that have their nav mucked up.
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Eric
North Western Washington State USA
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08-30-2017, 10:12 AM
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Guru
City: Anacortes
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 1,188
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I thought the range was primarily used by the US
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08-30-2017, 11:13 AM
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Guru
City: La Conner Wa.
Vessel Name: Sea Fever
Vessel Model: Defever 49 RPH
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 877
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In all the years that I have crossed Georgia Straits never has Whisky Golf been closed to marine traffic. So this year it never entered my mind to even check. As we started to get closer to the area, a small boat off in the distance started coming our way, and I could see a larger ship way off in the distance. I checked my chart and could not see the boundaries for the range, so kept going while keeping my eye on that small boat coming my way. When it got close enough I could see it was a military boat, I'm thinking something is not right. I turned around and the patrol boat stopped.
All this time I'm thinking my charts should be showing those boundaries. Finally I figured it out. When I was setting up my charts, I had selected a option that eliminated a lot what I thought was unnecessary clutter, not realizing that included the boundaries for Whisky Golf. Once I turned it back on, I looked at my tracks and we turned around right on the line. Another few minutes and we would have been chatting with that patrol boat.
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08-30-2017, 06:20 PM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3,712
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WG is rarely closed on weekends but Monday thru Friday it is often active in the summer. Since I usually travel from Silva Bay to Welcome Pass it's easy to scirt the edges.
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08-30-2017, 06:47 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,529
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It's not unusual to have the USCG require one to move out of the shipping channel in Suisun Bay toward very shallow water further away from ammunition docks at Port Chicago. One can, however, request an escort if one fears going aground.
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Kar-KEEN-ez Koot
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08-30-2017, 08:16 PM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,791
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Judging by the carnage in the US Navy right now, even our "Sinker Class" subs might be a threat while the US Navy plays bumper cars with the world's shipping...
Just kidding, we love you guys! Who else is going to protect us? "The Destroyer" is having its bottom painted and the tank is having an oil change. Somebody borrowed the gun and went moose hunting with it and the Lee Enfields our Northern Rangers are using are rusty and somebody is using the cleaning rod as a Skidoo dipstick. All our army guys are fighting forest fires and piggy-backing natives across streams...
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09-01-2017, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member
City: Poulsbo, WA
Vessel Name: M/V Knot Knormal
Vessel Model: President 41
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 282
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I always monitor the continuous weather broadcast (WX01 in that area) when crossing since they always include the Status of Whiskey-Golf. Last month WX01 had a lot of static on it so I called Winchelsea Control on VHF10 and just asked them. Fairly simple to determine status of the range and I ALWAYS check before crossing, only seems prudent.
Marty.........................
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09-01-2017, 07:45 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MartySchwartz
I always monitor the continuous weather broadcast (WX01 in that area) when crossing since they always include the Status of Whiskey-Golf. Last month WX01 had a lot of static on it so I called Winchelsea Control on VHF10 and just asked them. Fairly simple to determine status of the range and I ALWAYS check before crossing, only seems prudent.
Marty.........................
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had a hard time with WX01. I tried to listen to it but the static was so bad I couldn't. I find that just by monitoring 16 you can usually hear a dozen or so calls asking about WG. I considered calling Winchelsea Control but didn't want to bother them and was able to find the info I needed. Good to know that it really is OK to check in with them.
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09-01-2017, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member
City: Anacortes
Vessel Name: Salish Nomad
Vessel Model: American Tug 34
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 317
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Victoria Coast Guard radio will also give you W. G. Information politely, and courteously.
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American Tug 34-109
Home Port Anacortes Skyline & Sitka AK
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